SENSORY NEUROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS: REPORT OF A CASE

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Case Reports1 January 1953SENSORY NEUROPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH CARCINOMA OF THE ESOPHAGUS: REPORT OF A CASEM. C. H. DODGSON, M.D., H. L. HOFFMAN, M.D., F.R.C.P.M. C. H. DODGSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. L. HOFFMAN, M.D., F.R.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-1-130 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough it is well recognized that degenerations in the peripheral and central nervous systems may accompany carcinoma in the absence of malignant metastases,1-6no further histologically proved cases of sensory neuropathy have been reported since those of Denny Brown, both of which occurred with carcinoma of a bronchus. In these he described a primary degeneration of the cells of the dorsal root ganglia, with degeneration of the dorsal columns of the spinal cord, dorsal nerve roots and of a large proportion of fibers of those peripheral nerves which were examined. In addition, there was an apparent primary degeneration of the...Bibliography1. Greenfield JG: Subacute spino-cerebellar degeneration arising in elderly patients, Brain 57: 161, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Zulch KJ: Anatomical nature of atrophy of the cerebellar cortex, Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 159: 501, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Denny-Brown D: Primary sensory neuropathy with muscular changes associated with carcinoma, J. Neurol., Neurosurg. and Psychiat. 11: 73, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Wyburn-Mason R: Bronchial carcinoma presenting as polyneuritis, Lancet 1: 203, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. LennoxPrichard BS: The association of bronchial carcinoma and peripheral neuritis, Quart. J. Med. 19: 97, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. BrainDanielGreenfield WRPMJG: Subacute cortical cerebellar degeneration and its relation to carcinoma, J. Neurol., Neurosurg. and Psychiat. 14: 59, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GuichardVignon AG: Carcinomatous metastatic polyradiculoneuritis, J. de méd. de Lyon 30: 197, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. EinarsonRingsted LA: The effect of chronic vitamin E deficiency in the nervous system and the skeletal musculature of adult rats; a neurotropic factor in wheat germ oil, 1938, Leven & Munksgaard, Copenhagen. Google Scholar9. MorgulisWilderEppstein SVMSH: Further studies on dietary factors associated with nutritional muscular dystrophy, J. Nutrition 16: 219, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Pappenheimer AM: Pathology of nutritional muscular dystrophy in young rats, Am. J. Path. 15: 179, 1939. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. WintrobeMillerLisco MMJLH: Relation of diet to occurrence of ataxia and degeneration in the nervous system of pigs, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 67: 377, 1940. Google Scholar12. KluverWeil HA: Carcinomas of tongue in monkeys and pathological changes in the central nervous system, J. Neuropath. and Exper. Neurol. 7: 144, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication May 16, 1952.From the Burdon Mental Research Department, Stoke Park Colony, Bristol, and the Royal United Hospital, Bath, England. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDorsal Root Ganglion DisordersAnti-Hu-associated Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis with Esophageal Small Cell CarcinomaParaneoplasia and Autoimmunologic Injury of the Nervous System: The Anti-Hu SyndromeInflammatory Sensory PolyganglionopathiesSubacute sensory neuropathy: A remote effect of carcinomaAxonal degeneration in the sural nerves of cancer patientsPARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES OF NERVE, MUSCLE, AND NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONPolyneuropathie und Carpaltunnelsyndrom beim MyelomCarcinoma of the esophagus involving the vagus nerves associated with gastric retention simulating pyloric obstructionBronchogenic Carcinoma and the Peripheral NeuromyopathiesZur metacarcinomatösen Neuromyopathie beim kleinzelligen BronchuscarcinomPOLYNEURITIS AND RENAL CARCINOMANeuromuscular disorders associated with malignant neoplastic diseasePeripheral Neuropathy (Non-invasive) Associated with LymphomaBRADFORD M. BLANCHARD, M.D.CARCINOMATOUS NEUROPATHY*MONROE THOMAS DIAMOND, M.D., F.A.C.P.THE NEUROPATHY OF MULTIPLE MYELOMAMangelzuständeCarcinoma of the Lung Presenting as AtaxiaPRIMARY SENSORY NEUROPATHY IN A CASE OF BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMAMALIGNANT SENSORY NEUROPATHYNeurological Complications of Bronchial CarcinomaDiscussion: Unusual Manifestations of Bronchial Carcinoma 1 January 1953Volume 38, Issue 1Page: 130-135KeywordsCellsCentral nervous systemEsophagusGangliaNervesSensory neuropathySpinal cord ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...